Thursday. A.M. JoEllen and girls came. On way back we went with them to see Paul and
Neva’s house.

Probably just JoAnn and Laurie were with Mother. Don't remember Paul & Neva having a new house until they bought the house Mammaw & Kenney were living in then.

August 10

Friday. Marked and
dated pictures. Becky and Ike made plans
for re-doing Kitchen. Also living and
dining rooms.

Becky and Ike always had re-doing plans....

August 11

Saturday. Went with
Becky & Ike to see Sam. Then drove
around. They left 9:30 P.M. for
Springdale – then home Sunday.

Sam was the
Black janitor for Comstock, Inc. for many years – he was a faithful worker and
much loved by all the family. Ike had worked
in the store with Uncle Ira for a few years after the War.

August 12

Sunday. S. S. and
church – Lunch with Ira and Minnie. Late
P.M. went with Doc and Grace to peach orchard.
Got 3 ½ bushels.

August 13

Monday. Canned and
froze peaches all day. Watched
Democratic Convention in the evening.

August 14.

Tuesday. Baked
cookies and took them to CWF meeting at Ruth Huckelbury’s 9 A.M. Voted and then drove to Springdale.

August 15

Wednesday. Went to
see Dr. Applegate. Got fine report. Kay went too.
P.M. watched Jo and Joe’s building project. Went with JoEllen to grocery store.

Follow up visit after her surgery. I probably drove her there.

August 16

Thursday. Drove by
farm and on home in time for lunch.
Terribly hot. Watched Democratic
Convention on TV. Evening – Doc &
Grace watched with us.

They must have driven out past the farm they lived in for awhile at Elkins before going on to Van Buren - that farm was really sort of their "dream" home until Kenney had his stroke and they could no longer manage there. I loved that farm more than any other place they ever lived - makes me sad to think of them driving by.

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My Digression.

The farm that Mammaw and Kenney bought near Elkins, east of Fayetteville, had a white frame two-story white house with square columns in front, and also had on the main road an old brick store building which served as a chicken house, as well as the usual barn and ordinary chicken houses. They raised laying hens and sold the eggs to a hatchery and also had cattle and two ponds. There were two pair of Mallard ducks on the ponds. Jay lived with them for awhile but became restless and moved back to San Francisco. In the summer I would spend every possible day on that farm helping with the chores and exploring. I was eleven the summer Kenney had his stroke and I was the only other person who knew how and what to feed the chickens, and how to get the eggs ready for the hatchery. Kenney was critical at first and all the family was staying at the hospital - except for me. I stayed on the farm alone - except Dad would come out, arriving after dark, and stay at night - and I took care of about 300 chickens, feeding twice a day, gathering and candling and sorting the eggs (putting each one on a light stand to see if it was fertile - those that were not were for ours for eating). The hatchery picked up the eggs daily, but could not immediately make arrangements to pick up the chickens. Took me almost all waking hours, but I did a lot of growing-up in those three days. I remember Dad asking me if I knew exactly how to manage and I assured him I did. I was so proud of being able to help my family. I wonder if there is any eleven-year-old today that could do that, or a parent that would even let them try - children are guarded so carefully now and not really considered capable of functioning on an adult level.

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August 17

Friday. Went to
grocery store and stopped by the parsonage to leave poster material with
Wilma. Evening – Watched Convention on
Ira and Minnie’s brand new Admiral TV.

August 18

Saturday. Did a lot
of early baking. Trying to beat the heat
– also washed a machine of clothes.

August 19

Sunday. Kenney
feeling under the weather. I went to
S.S. & Church alone. Ira, Minnie,
Grandma & Maude had lunch with use.
Stayed till after night to watch TV.

Sunday. Same Sun.
A.M. routine. P.M. went to Nora’s and to
Grandma’s. Evening watched TV with Ira,
Minnie, Maude, Grandma and Joyce.

August 27

Monday. Finished my
set of tea towels. Did lots of
telephoning for ice cream social. Cooked
apples for pies.

August 28

Tuesday. Baked
pies. Went to beauty shop. Evening – Ice cream social on City Hall lawn. Cleared approximately $50.00.

August 29

Wednesday. Visited
with Jimmy, Joyce, and Maude. Brought
Grandma home with us so they could get an early start to Bristow.

Jimmy and Joyce were Aunt Maude's grandchildren that lived in Bristow - they must have been visiting. Any time Aunt Maude needed a break from taking care of her mother - it was my Mammaw that stepped in, rather than any of Grandma Comstock's other daughters.

August 30

Thursday. The usual
housework and kept Grandma another day and night. Ira & Minnie came to visit with her and
to watch TV.

August 31

Friday. Took Grandma
to Nora & we drove on to Springdale to help JoEllen can apples.

As if she had not done enough of her own preserving of the summer bounty - now she's come to help my Mom! I'm sure the apples became jelly and apple butter! We probably got a pie or two out of those apples as well - what Mammaw & Mom called "Upside down apple pie" and was really like a Dutch Apple Pie with streusel on top instead of a top crust.

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Mammaw's Diary

My grandmother kept a diary for a five-year window of her life. I am posting the contents here for my cousins and other family members, as well as those other persons mentioned in her entries. Notes in italics are my annotations. She names a number of friends and church members that I did not know.

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